Intel Ivy Bridge Mesa 9.1 GL Desktops
Benchmarking different desktop environments on Mesa 9.1 from Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Unity 6.6.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1 (git-012329e), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

KDE 4.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.00, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1 (git-012329e), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1 (git-012329e), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Xfce 4.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1 (git-012329e), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

LXDE 0.5.12: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.5.12, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1 (git-012329e), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Razor-qt + Openbox: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1 (git-012329e), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200


Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ......... 33.27 |==================================================
KDE 4.10 ............ 32.50 |=================================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1 . 32.97 |==================================================
Xfce 4.10 ........... 33.00 |==================================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ......... 33.03 |==================================================
Razor-qt + Openbox .. 33.03 |==================================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ......... 22.76 |==================================================
KDE 4.10 ............ 22.76 |==================================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1 . 21.27 |===============================================
Xfce 4.10 ........... 22.75 |==================================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ......... 22.77 |==================================================
Razor-qt + Openbox .. 22.75 |==================================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ......... 133.83 |=================================================
KDE 4.10 ............ 133.10 |=================================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1 . 132.60 |=================================================
Xfce 4.10 ........... 133.07 |=================================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ......... 132.50 |=================================================
Razor-qt + Openbox .. 133.00 |=================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ......... 41.13 |==============================================
KDE 4.10 ............ 39.52 |============================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1 . 44.30 |==================================================
Xfce 4.10 ........... 44.53 |==================================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ......... 44.33 |==================================================
Razor-qt + Openbox .. 44.43 |==================================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ......... 62.40 |==================================================
KDE 4.10 ............ 62.33 |==================================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1 . 62.47 |==================================================
Xfce 4.10 ........... 62.30 |==================================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ......... 62.43 |==================================================
Razor-qt + Openbox .. 62.47 |==================================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ......... 103.85 |=============================================
KDE 4.10 ............ 87.60  |======================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1 . 101.22 |============================================
Xfce 4.10 ........... 94.29  |=========================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ......... 90.61  |========================================
Razor-qt + Openbox .. 112.14 |=================================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ......... 46.89 |=================================================
KDE 4.10 ............ 37.11 |=======================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1 . 41.93 |============================================
Xfce 4.10 ........... 42.09 |============================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ......... 40.93 |===========================================
Razor-qt + Openbox .. 48.08 |==================================================